Biography
Willis Goldbeck (October 24, 1898 – September 17, 1979) was an American screenwriter, film director and producer. He wrote for 40 films between 1923 and 1962. He also directed ten films between 1942 and 1951. Willis graduated from Worcester Academy. Willis Goldbeck was born in New York City. A former journalist, Goldbeck entered films as a screenwriter in the early 1920s. He wrote most of the "Dr. Kildare" series for MGM, starting with the first one, Young Dr. Kildare (1938), and directed several of them. Although he directed several more films after that—including one of Burt Lancaster's early swashbucklers, Ten Tall Men (1951)—he mainly concentrated on screenwriting, and in the mid-1950s turned to producing. He retired from films in 1962. He died September 17, 1979, in Sag Harbor, New York, a month before his 81st birthday.
Filmography
all 48
Movies 48
Writer 32
Director 10
Producer 5
Screenplay 1
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
The Lone Ranger (1956)
Ten Tall Men (1951)
Johnny Holiday (1949)
Dark Delusion (1947)
Between Two Women (1945)
3 Men in White (1944)
Rationing (1944)
The Garden of Allah (1936)
Two in the Dark (1936)
The Roadhouse Murder (1932)
Freaks (1932)
Wild Orchids (1929)
Lilac Time (1928)
The Enemy (1927)
Convoy (1927)
Mare Nostrum (1926)
Peter Pan (1924)
The Alaskan (1924)
Scaramouche (1923)
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1898-10-24
Deathday1979-09-17 (80 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York City, New York, USA
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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